Cricket

Batting first in Khulna, Sylhet reached 415, only the third 400-plus score in their first-class history. Shamsur Rahman, playing for his fourth NCL side, struck 15 fours and two sixes in his knock of 160 off 252 balls. He added 180 runs for the fifth wicket with Tawhidul Islam, who made 62. For Rangpur, quick

The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is now building towards the final on November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. Top Story: Shami and Bumrah demolish England to make it six out of six for

Pakistan 132 for 4 (Muneeba 61, Maroof 48, Trisna 2-21) beat Bangladesh 101 for 9 (S Sultana 26, Sadia 2-19, Aliya 2-24) by 31 runs Muneeba Ali‘s 49-ball 61, and her 106-run partnership with Bismah Maroof for the second wicket, laid the platform for Pakistan to end the T20I leg of their tour of Bangladesh

Melbourne Stars 154 for 7 (Sutherland 49) beat Perth Scorchers 147 for 9 (Darke 45, Day 4-27) by seven runs Annabel Sutherland‘s late power hitting and smarts with the ball helped take the Melbourne Stars to a crucial seven-run WBBL win over Perth Scorchers. After Stars lost 3-0 midway through their innings at Junction Oval,

The end had come quickly at Eden Gardens. As thousands of Bangladeshi fans who had crossed the border to cheer for their team made a bee line for the exits, the last two wickets – Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed – fell in the space of three balls. One of the banners held up by

Matthew Wade will captain Australia in the five-match T20I series against India after the 2023 ODI World Cup. The multiformat fast bowlers and allrounders have been left out ahead of the Test summer, but David Warner, Steven Smith and Travis Head are included. Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood will return home after the

No wonder there were no doubts he was going to slot right back as the opener. Travis Head came back from the broken hand that kept him out for the first five matches of this World Cup with a roaring century off just 59 balls, the third-quickest World Cup hundred for Australia. Along the way

Keshav Maharaj was just having dinner around the time when Pakistan’s concussion substitute Usama Mir pinned Rassie van der Dussen lbw for 21. South Africa were 121 for 3 at that point, needing a further 150 runs off almost 30 overs. Given South Africa’s gun middle-order – Aiden Markram at No.4, Heinrich Klaasen No.5 and

That saw Bangladesh slip from 54 for 1 to 71 for 4, the slide including the wicket of captain Nigar Sultana. However, Shorna Akter, all of 16 years old but coming with the experience of having played in the inaugural Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup last year, scored 27 off 22 balls with a four

Sydney Sixers wicketkeeper and Australia vice-captain Alyssa Healy has been officially ruled out of the entire WBBL season following a consultation with her surgeon regarding her gruesome finger injury. She now faces a race against time to be fit for Australia’s multiformat tour of India in December. Healy suffered a severe laceration to her right